Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Region_london

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Status Year Function_of_post Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Analysis London 3455 3355 48920 44950
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London 3750 3580 37940 36480
In post 2021 Analysis Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial London 1880 1845 58850 54700
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London 5030 4860 41270 37420
In post 2021 Commercial Overseas 40 40 47880 42200
In post 2021 Commercial Unknown 30 30 47790 40580
In post 2021 Communications London 2450 2395 44780 40830
In post 2021 Communications Outside London 5750 5510 30460 26350
In post 2021 Communications Overseas 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Communications Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Counter Fraud London 2315 2230 39230 36160
In post 2021 Counter Fraud Outside London 7295 6820 32120 31810
In post 2021 Counter Fraud Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Debt London 560 500 28270 25630
In post 2021 Debt Outside London 4110 3720 22610 20140
In post 2021 Digital, Data & Technology London 3395 3335 49190 47850
In post 2021 Digital, Data & Technology Outside London 10155 9835 38970 36740
In post 2021 Digital, Data & Technology Overseas 20 20 34620 33300
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 5 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 10 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Zero responses and salaries for less than 30 civil servants have been suppressed for GPDR special category data. FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, or £10 as appropriate.

Data source: All figures are aggregated from the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.

Version: Generated on 2023-02-14, with GIT 71a76ea.

Data column Description
Status Employment status of the civil servants.
In post - includes staff that were in post on the reference date (31 March).
New entrant CS - includes new entrants to the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March).
Leaver CS - includes leavers from the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March). This includes employees who have an Unknown leaving cause.
Leaver Dept. - includes leavers from the department over the year (1 April to 31 March), who did not leave the Civil Service.
Five organisations do not report when their employees first entered the Civil Service and so entrants data for these organisations is not available . These are as follows: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (excl. agencies), Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Services, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland. A further three organisations also could not provide entrants data in 2021. These are as follows: Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl. agencies) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into “London”, “Outside London”: all UK regions excluding London, “Overseas”, and “Unknown”.
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
The Department for Work and Pensions provided aggregated functions data for 2021, which are available in the Civil Service Statistics publication. However, figures in this browser are derived from individual level data and so are not available for this department in 2021.
Home Office, Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Headcount Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE Total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment numbers (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups.
Mean_salary Average salary (mean, rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).
Median_salary Median salary (rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).